Forbidden Zone (1980)
Synopsis: A suburban family discovers that the basement of their house contains a door that leads to the bizarre Sixth Dimension. After the family’s curious daughter, Frenchy Hercules (Marie-Pascale Elfman), falls through […]
Tag Archives: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Extraordinary stories of magic, myth, wonder, alien worlds, etc.
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Synopsis: During World War II, an American fighter pilot stationed in England, Maj. Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock), dies during a bombing mission. Heaven sends Pete […]
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
Synopsis: A mute black man from outer space (Joe Morton, Terminator 2: Judgement Day) crashlands his spaceship into the Hudson River, New York, and somehow ends up in Harlem. “The […]
The UFO Incident (1975, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: In 1961, while returning from a vacation in Canada, an average New England couple, Barney (James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope) and Betty Hill (Estelle Parsons, Bonnie and Clyde), […]
George Pal Presents: Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Synopsis: Thousands of years ago, a poor fisherman (Anthony Hall, Goodbye, Norma Jean) helps a young woman (Joyce Taylor, Twice-Told Tales) return to her country, the mythical land of Atlantis. He […]
Outland (1981)
Synopsis: In the near future, a Federal Marshal, William O’Niel (Sean Connery, Dr. No), is in charged of security on a titanium mining colony located on one of Jupiter’s moons. […]
The Val Lewton Collection: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Synopsis: After death of wife Irena (Simone Simon, The Human Beast), Oliver Reed (Kent Smith, The Fountainhead) marries co-worker Alice Moore (Jane Randolph, Railroaded!). The couple has a young girl, Amy […]
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Synopsis: A beautiful unicorn (voiced by Mia Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby) suddenly realizes that she may very well be the last of her kind. With the help of an inept wizard, […]
George Pal Presents: Conquest of Space (1955)
Synopsis: In the near future, NASA has managed to build a space station that travels in orbit around Earth. A hand-picked group of astronauts run the station. The courageous cosmonauts fight space […]
George Pal Presents: When Worlds Collide (1951)
Synopsis: Mankind’s total destruction becomes a possibility when scientists discover that a planet is in route to a direct collision with Earth. As experts try to convince the international community […]
Walt Disney Presents: Pinocchio (1940)
Synopsis: Walt Disney’s take on Carlo Collodi’s immortal children’s novel about an old woodcarver named Geppetto who creates a wooden puppet that comes to life and dreams of becoming a […]
The 007 Series: Moonraker (1979)
Synopsis: The “Moonraker” is a spaceship sold to the USA government by billionaire and entrepreneur, Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale, Chariots of Fire), who owns a California-based tech company. When the ship […]
Innerspace (1987)
Synopsis: Dennis Quaid (Breaking Away) is a test pilot working on an experiment in which he would be miniaturized and injected into a laboratory animal. However, everything goes wrong when […]
Saturn 3 (1980)
Synopsis: In the near future, Earth’s natural resources have been depleted and now the planet relies on space stations for food. In one of those stations, Saturn 3, two scientists, Major Adam (Kirk […]
Demon Seed (1977)
Synopsis: Demon Seed takes place in the not-so-distant future, where a brilliant artificial intelligence researcher, Alex Harris (Fritz Weaver, Creepshow), helps develop — with the blessing of the USA Department […]
George Pal Presents: The Time Machine (1960)
Synopsis: Rod Taylor (The Birds) plays H. George Wells, a scientist who, in the late 1800s, creates a time machine that takes him into the year 802,701 — with startling […]
War of the Worlds (2005)
Synopsis: An average blue-collar single father (Tom Cruise, Top Gun), and his two children (Dakota Fanning, Man on Fire, and Justin Chatwin, Taking Lives), struggle to survive amidst a devastating […]
Strange Invaders (1983)
Synopsis: Professor Bigelow (Paul Le Mat, American Graffiti) follows his estranged ex-wife (Diana Scarwid, Mommie Dearest) to her hometown of Centerville, Illinois, after she abandons their daughter without giving any […]
George Pal Presents: The War of the Worlds (1953)
Synopsis: The residents of a small Californian town witness the first stages of an alien invasion by Martians. Reaction & Thoughts: “Amazing! terrifying! The most savage spectacle of all time!” […]
